This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 92

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Chapter 92

Raven licked his lips and buried his head to the ground.

“You know what you did wrong, right?”

“My words seem to have been excessive. I apologize, Your Majesty.”

“Never mind me, apologize properly to Nuna.”

“Pardon?”

“Nuna is the victim here.”

“…Pardon?”

When Raven’s response was unsatisfactory, Bloden’s gaze turned cold.

“You imprisoned Nuna in your imagination. How difficult it must have been for Nuna.”

“The real Hailey wouldn’t have suffered at all though.”

At Raven’s retort, Bloden’s voice became menacing.

“Is it because I’ve been lenient in front of Nuna lately? You keep getting cocky.”

“Yes, I will unconditionally apologize to Hailey.”

Just then, the sound of knocking on the study door was heard. In this house, the only person who could find the entrance to the study and even knock was Kimarise.

“Come in.”

With Bloden’s permission, Kimarise stepped inside and upon seeing Raven being disciplined, let out a light sneer before bowing his head toward his master.

“What is it?”

“Hailey has just gone out.”

“Ah. She said she was going to get her identification card today and bring snacks to the orphanage.”

When Bloden muttered, Raven asked.

“Didn’t she also say she was making a new menu today?”

Bloden recalled the dish Hailey had been making before he left.

“She did.”

“I wonder if she finished it all before leaving?”

“Who knows.”

“Your Majesty, if you would grant permission.”

Raven made a request while maintaining his disciplinary posture.

“Would it be alright if I took Hailey’s cooking to conduct research related to mana recovery?”

“Research?”

“Yes, actually I tried cooking the way Hailey taught me. But what I made only tasted good, I didn’t feel any mana recovery.”

“Fix your posture.”

Raven immediately straightened up and stood.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Bloden’s red eyes had already changed to purple.

He too stood up, having returned to Baron.

“Then it would be perfect to check while Nuna is away.”

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Baron returned home. Raven and Kimarise, who followed him in, sniffed the air.

“Oh, there’s a peculiar smell lingering slightly, what could it be?”

At Raven’s question, Kimarise pointed to the table.

“Your Majesty, it seems to be that food.”

The three looked at the tteokbokki that Hailey had made.

“It’s still warm, Your Majesty.”

“She removed the sticks from the rice cake skewers and coated them in red.”

“She said the name was tteokbokki, so that red color is probably the ingredient she brought from Crooke.”

Raven looked around unnecessarily and spoke cautiously.

“It wouldn’t be a problem to secretly taste it, right?”

Baron took out three small plates and forks from the kitchen shelf and placed them on the dining table.

“This is something Nuna left for me to eat. Anything on the dining table can be eaten anytime.”

The three of them stabbed the tteokbokki they had transferred to their respective plates with forks.

“This is the first time I’m smelling this scent, what could it taste like?”

At Raven’s serious question, Baron also observed the tteokbokki and came up with his own answer.

“Hmm. Looking at the color, is it similar to tomato pasta?”

“It seems like it would taste like that, but somehow my mouth is watering, Your Majesty.”

With Kimarise’s words as the finale, the three nodded and simultaneously put the rice cake in their mouths.

“…”

“…”

“…”

The three men’s eyes met in mid-air. At that moment, all three of their faces turned bright red.

“Kheuk! Your, Your Majesty!”

“Cough! Cough!”

At Raven’s call, Baron couldn’t respond and kept coughing.

“Huaaak! Huaap!”

Kimarise jumped up and rolled around on the floor while clutching his head.

Even as an undead, it was a taste he couldn’t handle.

“Your Majesty, this is dangerous! Spit it out!”

Raven quickly spat out the tteokbokki and shouted to Baron.

Meanwhile, Raven was extremely confused.

Hailey’s cooking was always gentle and warm. It wasn’t this hellishly intense flavor.

‘Wh, why such food?’

Even though he didn’t swallow the food and spat it out, his mouth still tingled. Eventually, tears even welled up.

Good heavens, to cause pain to me, a Death Knight, and make tears well up.

He felt as if Hailey’s image was completely changing from saint to witch, and at the same time, he became suspicious of her identity.

‘Could she be a spy sent by Anna Beldenburo to harm His Majesty?’

Coming to his senses, he checked on Baron’s condition.

Baron had tears in his eyes and was red all the way to his ear tips. But he was chewing without spitting out the tteokbokki.

“Your, Your Majesty! Why are you eating that?”

Raven circled around Baron helplessly, then pointed to Kimarise who was still rolling on the floor.

“Look at that. Even an undead who is immune to poison is suffering! This must be a deadly poison that can even kill the undead!”

But Baron stubbornly chewed and swallowed the tteokbokki.

Gulp.

“Whew.”

Baron wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said while breathing heavily.

“Nuna wouldn’t make deadly poison for me to eat.”

“Aren’t you trusting her too much?”

“Ugh.”

Just then, a red aura began to gently rise from Baron’s body.

“This is an abnormal phenomenon. It really does seem to be poison after all.”

Baron shook his head.

“If it were poison, I would have coughed up blood. My body feels strange, but it doesn’t feel like I’m going to die.”

“Your Majesty, it’s problematic if you trust Hailey too much. If it’s really deadly poison, the Ilpein Empire’s lineage will be cut off.”

Baron’s face was still red. He still looked struggling, but eventually the corners of his mouth turned up.

“Even if what Nuna gave me is deadly poison as you say. I can eat it happily.”

“…”

Raven fell silent for a moment. The goosebumps rising on his skin spoke for his reaction.

‘Your Majesty, you’ve finally lost your mind.’

That’s when it happened.

“Wow! What is this!”

Kimarise’s eyes sparkled as he shot up from his seat.

“This is really delicious!”

“Huh, what? Weren’t you dying just now?”

“Dying my foot, just one bite makes me feel like strength is surging through me. Wow.”

Kimarise gazed at the remaining tteokbokki with an ecstatic smile.

“This is truly a fiery dish, Your Majesty!”

“Well, now that I’ve tried it, I suppose it is.”

Baron’s brow furrowed slightly.

“This is frustrating. I feel like my body is being constricted.”

Raven examined Kimarise’s complexion. He truly looked full of vitality.

Baron, on the other hand, looked troubled.

“Your Majesty, are you perhaps experiencing difficulty breathing?”

“It seems like it, and my clothes feel particularly tight.”

That’s when it happened.

Pop.

‘Pop?’

Rip.

All three turned their gazes toward where the sound came from.

Raven and Kimarise, who quickly grasped the situation, gasped and covered their mouths.

Baron also realized the cause of his discomfort. His clothes had become too small and were now tightly constricting him.

“Why are my clothes suddenly shrinking? No.”

Flustered, Baron stood up from his chair.

“I’ve grown, haven’t I?”

Raven and Kimarise, who had been staring with wide eyes in shock, finally managed to open their mouths.

“Y-Y-Your Majesty? It, it seems so.”

“Good heavens. This is truly unbelievable.”

Baron stood before the mirror. Reflected back was himself, appearing to be about ten years old.

Some of the seams on his clothes had burst, revealing loose threads, and the fabric that wrapped around his grown body was stretched taut.

The belt buckle pressed against his waist uncomfortably.

Baron immediately reached into his spatial pocket to retrieve clothes that would fit.

Raven spoke up.

“Your Majesty, I detect no curse or toxins in the food.”

Raven had already taken out a silver needle and was testing the tteokbokki with it.

“I told you Nuna wouldn’t make deadly poison to feed me.”

Baron replied matter-of-factly as he changed his clothes. Just as his outfit became neat again and he felt somewhat at ease.

“Gasp! Ugh! Cough!”

Raven was sitting at the table, his face completely red and trembling all over.

After confirming there was no poison, he had tasted the tteokbokki again.

“You said it was dangerous, don’t push yourself.”

But Raven stubbornly swallowed the tteokbokki and then banged his head once against the table.

Thunk.

A moment of silence passed.

Baron, who had been watching the motionless Raven, carefully approached and poked his shoulder.

“…Are you okay?”

Then Raven suddenly lifted his head.

“Your Majesty!”

His previously agonized expression had vanished like a lie. Instead, his eyes were sparkling brightly.

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